Apparatus for charging the coin-container of paying-machines.



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APPARATUS FOR CHARGING THE com CONTAINERS 0F PAYING MACHINES.

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EDOUARD'JANIK, OF PARIS, FRANCE, ASSIGNOR TO SOCIETE GENERALE FRANGAISEDES CAISSES PAYEUSES ET DE CONTRGLE SYSTEME JANIK, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

APPARATUS FOR CHARGING THE COIN-CONTAINERS OF PAYING-MACHINES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDOUARD JANIK, subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, residing at 20 Rue lllogador, Paris, France, haveinvented new and useful Improve ments in Apparatus for Charging theCoin- Containers 0t Paying-h lachines, of which the following is aspecification.

The hand charging of the cash containers of paying machines iscomplicated and causes loss of time.

Now this invention has for its object to dispense completely with suchhand charging, and it provides an improved apparatus by means of whichthe charging of the cash containers is effected automatically bymechanical means.

The coins of one and the same sort, intended for a change container arethrown pell-mell into an aperture having the form of a coin chute thebottom of which is constituted, as regards these coins, by an endlessband conveyer, which moves up toward the change container at aninclination such as will enable it to take up readily in its movementthe coins placed in contact with it; and that the coins that aresituated on top of one another are compelled to become separated fromone another by sliding. Consequently the band conveyor in risingobliquely, causes the coins to move one by one toward the changecontainer into which they pass one after the other through a dischargingpassage.

One construction of the improved apparatus is illustrated by way ofexample in the accompanying drawings in diagrammatic vertical section inFigure 1, and in diagrammatic plan in Fig. 2.

a is the coin aperture in the form of a coin chute. The bottom of thisaperture is constituted by the endless band conveyor Z) guided by twosimilar guide rollers 0 (Z. The roller nearest the coin container 6 isarranged higher than the roller nearest the aperture a so that the bandconveyer 7) travels at an upward angle from the aperture to the coincontainer. This upward travel is such that the coins that are situatedone upon another will slide by reason of the small-er friction, whereasthe coins that are placed directly upon the band will be carried up, inthe example shown by means of ledges or teeth f provided on the conveyerband. In order to prevent the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 26, 1910.

Patented July 29, 1913.

Serial No. 589,233.

conveyer band Z) from catching in any way in its working chamber, asupporting plate or guide plate is arranged below this space.

In order to prevent the coins from passing out through the aperture atthe place where the conveyer band enters, that is to say, at 71 there isarranged in the angle formed by the front wall of the aperture a and theconveyor band, a flap 2' adapted to turn on side pivot pins is, so thatits lower edge rests loosely on the conveyer band, in such a manner thatthis flap will form at all times a tight closure of the aperture hthrough which the conveyer band enters.

The actuation of the conveyer band may be effected in any suitablemanner, for instance by means of a crank handle Z.

An apparatus of the construction described may be provided for each ofthe coin containers of the paying machine. A single apparatus may alsobe employed for all the coin containers, if all the coin containers arearranged in a series as indicated by way of example in Fig. 2. It isthen merely necessary to provide means for shifting the improvedcharging apparatus from one coin container to another when it is desiredto charge all the containers in succession in a rapid and convenientmanner. The framing an of the charging apparatus in such a case isfitted with a foot 11. having a prismatic guide groove. This grooveguides the said foot while the charging apparatus is being shifted fromone coin container to another, along a guide bar 0 of correspondingsection arranged parallel to the coin containers and fix-ed relativelyto these.

For the purpose of insuring that the charging apparatus in being shiftedshall come as exactly as possible in front of the correspondingreservoir independently of the attention given to it by the personmaking use of the said apparatus, the guide bar 0 is formed opposite thecoin containers wit-h notches 77 into which the head q of a spring catch7* mounted on the foot 11, of the traming m of the charging apparatus,is adapted to engage. It is to be understood however that any otherequivalent device may be employed instead of this automatic stopmechanism.

Vhen the improved apparatus is being used, only those coins must beplaced in the cash chute which belong to the corresponding coincontainer, in order that the coins shall be fed into the coin containerin a rapid and accurate manner on rotating the crank handle thatactuates the endless con- Veyer band. To prevent superposed coins frompassing out of the chute a, the latter is provided with a member a thatapproaches the endless conveyor so that it is impossible for two coinsto pass out of the chute at the same time,

Having now described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is In a device of the character described, aplurality of coin containers, a charging apparatus therefor comprising aframework, a

coin chute and an endless coin conveyor, a support arranged parallel tosaid containers, connections between said apparatus and support wherebythe former may be moved along the latter and means for securing said 20EDOUARD JANIK.

WVitnesses DoUMii CASALONGA, H. 0. Com.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

